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Statistics (STA) - body of methods for obtaining and analyzing(A) data(D)
Design - planning how to gather D for research studies
Description (DESC) - summarizing D
Inference (INF) - making predictions based on D.  
DESC STA - graphs, tables, numerical summaries
STA INF - predictions made using D
STA A -- DESC and INF


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Subjects - entities that a study observes
Population (POP) - total set of subjects of interest in a study
Sample (SAM) - subset of the POP on which the study collects D
DESC STA - summarize the information in a collection of D
INF STA - provide predictions about a POP based on D from SAM of POP


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Parameter - numerical summary of the POP
STA - numerical summary of the SAM D